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"A marvelously tragicomic novel, full of elation and melancholy." --Elle (France)"Sharp. . . . At its best, Vie hauls us out of a cliché - France is different - to a more complex appreciation of the difference." --The New York Times"Desire, love, identity crises, the anguish of aging, lost illusions. . . . Like John Updike, Dubois is entranced by the richness of the world and shows it to us just as it is." --Le Figaro Litteraire"Funny, poignant, divinely written. A marvelous novel." --Marie France
Meet Paul Blick: born in France (but not Paris); son of a car dealer; provincial sociology student-cum-theoretical revolutionary; briefly employed (by his father-in-law); married and soon to discover adultery and other satisfactions of a desperate househusband as consort of a high-flying wife who conquers the world as CEO of a Jacuzzi-manufacturing company.
This not-so-extraordinary Frenchman is delivered to the not-so-extraordinary awareness of having arrived in middle age more a product of his times, his country, and blind chance than a creature of his own free will. Jean-Paul Dubois gives us a man whose life reflects the story – the mind and the heart – of a society coming belatedly, poignantly, and often hilariously to grips with the abiding pain and intermittent beauty of what living has become.
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Librería: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: USED Very Good. Nº de ref. del artículo: 500246
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Amazing Books Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Clean, sturdy paperback. Light edge-wear. Small strip of the cover (~1") peeled off, taped back on. WF. Nº de ref. del artículo: Sq16612
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Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.5. Nº de ref. del artículo: G1400096782I3N00
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Librería: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 50-1400096782-G
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Librería: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
paperback. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Nº de ref. del artículo: FORT474639
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Librería: moluna, Greven, Alemania
Condición: NEW. Jean-Paul Dubois was born in 1950 in Toulouse, where he still lives today. The author of many novels and collections of travel writing, he is also a reporter for Le Nouvel Observateur.Meet Paul Blick: born in France (but not Paris) son of. Nº de ref. del artículo: 902380234
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